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Merricks salute our veterans
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Participants in the service bow their heads in a moment of silence.
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Tom Riordan and Booker Washington, at front, hold hands as they sing "God Bless America" to close the Veterans Day service.
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Lenny Tucker, of the American Legion, addresses the crowd at the ceremony.
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Al Garbarino, an Iraq War veteran from North Merrick, pays homage to his fellow members of the U.S. military.
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Veterans salute, with the War Memorial in the background.
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William Segota, a volunteer with the North Merrick Fire Department, proudly carries the American flag.
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Anthony J. Santino, a member of Merrick American Legion Post No. 1282, was among the roughly 40 participants in the Merricks' annual Veterans Day ceremony at the War Memorial on Merrick Avenue in North Merrick on Wednesday.
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Veterans, elected leaders, firefighters and Boy Scouts circled around the Town of Hempstead Showmobile parked at the Merrick War Memorial in North Merrick on Wednesday to salute America's veterans.
In a brief, but emotional ceremony, the crowd of about 40 marked Veterans Day on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
Veterans Day was first celebrated as Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1919, as a way to remember the end of Word War I. (Hostilities in what was then the world's largest armed conflict ceased on Nov. 11, 1918, at 11 a.m.) President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed Armistice Day. In 1953, the celebration was renamed Veterans Day to recognize the sacrifices of all members of U.S. armed forces.
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